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                <p>You use planning, ranking, and priority fields to specify which work the team should
                    complete first. If you rank use cases, tasks, bugs, and issues, all team members
                    gain an understanding of the relative importance of the work that they must accomplish.
                    Ranking and priority fields are used to build several reports. </p>
                <p>You rank and prioritize work items when you review the backlog for a product or an
                    iteration. For more information, see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/5b6e2120-0474-4348-8d4a-71ea7ea976f6">
                        Rank the Product Backlog</a></span> and <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/db0e8d4d-88a5-413b-bd1a-1395b80625f7">
                            Iteration Backlog</a></span>.</p>
                <p>The following table indicates which data fields you can specify for each type of
                    work item that is provided with the process template for GovDev for TFS 2010 v1.0.</p>
                <div class="caption"></div>
                <div class="tableSection">
                    <table width="50%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" frame="lhs">
                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Field Name</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Requirement</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Use Case</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Task</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Issue</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Bug</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Test Case</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Shared Step</span></p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Support Ticket</span></p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Due Date</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Priority</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Risk</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Severity</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Stack Rank</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Story Points</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="check mark" src="../art/Icon_WITcheckgreen.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                            <td>
                                <img alt="Not supported" src="../art/Icon_WITerror.png" /></td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                </div>
                <p>The following table describes the fields that you can use to plan and prioritize
                    work and that are based on GovDev for TFS 2010 v1.0. For information
                    about data types and default field attributes, see <span sdata="link"><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/c735a582-954a-418e-8b12-1b5c0b9857b9">
                        Working with Work Item Fields</a></span>.</p>
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                    <table width="50%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" frame="lhs">
                        <tr>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Field name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Description</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Reference name</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Data type</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the reportable type attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                            <th>
                                <p><span class="label">Default value of the index attribute</span> </p>
                            </th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Priority</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>A subjective rating of the bug, issue, task, or test case as it relates to the business.
                                    You can specify the following values:</p>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">1</span>: Product cannot ship without the successful resolution
                                            of the work item, and it should be addressed as soon as possible.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">2</span>: Product cannot ship without the successful resolution
                                            of the work item, but it does not need to be addressed immediately.</p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">3</span>: Resolution of the work item is optional based on resources,
                                            time, and risk.</p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Priority</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Integer</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Rank</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>A subjective rating of the use case, task, issue, or bug compared to other work
                                    items of the same type. An item that is assigned a lower number should be fixed
                                    before an item that is assigned a higher number. </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Rank</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Double</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Story Points</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>A subjective unit of measure that captures the size of a use case. If you assign
                                    more points to a use case, you indicate that more work is required to implement
                                    it.</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS. Scheduling.StoryPoints</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Double</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>True</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Risk</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>A subjective rating of the relative uncertainty around the successful completion
                                    of the use case. You can specify the following values:</p>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">1 - High</span> </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">2 - Medium</span> </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">3 - Low</span> </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Risk</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>String</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Severity</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>A subjective rating of the impact of a bug on the project. You can specify the following
                                    values:</p>
                                <ul>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">1 - Critical</span> </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">2 - High</span> </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">3 - Medium</span> </p>
                                    </li>
                                    <li>
                                        <p><span class="ui">4 - Low</span> </p>
                                    </li>
                                </ul>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Severity</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>String</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <p><span class="ui">Due Date</span> </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>The forecasted date for an issue to be completed. This field is applicable only to
                                    issue work items. </p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.DueDate</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>DateTime</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>Dimension</p>
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                <p>False</p>
                            </td>
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